TaPRA 2023, Applied and Social Theatre Working Group: Borders and Boundaries: crossing contested spaces in applied and social theatre
Deadline: April 11, 2023
Applied and Social Theatre Working Group
Borders and Boundaries: crossing contested spaces in applied and social theatre
TaPRA 2023, 30 August – 1 September, The University of Leeds
We invite contributions to discuss, debate and dissect the complex issues of borders and boundaries in applied theatre practice and research.
In applied and social theatre, border- and boundary-crossing is a site for necessary examination, as we navigate the limits and ethics of our praxis. We cross...
TaPRA 2020, 2 – 4 September, Liverpool Hope University, Applied and Social Theatre Working Group CfP: Applied and Social Theatre Histories: revisiting origins and creating new narratives
Deadline: April 17, 2020
Applied and Social Theatre working group this year looks at the themes of ‘pasts’, ‘genealogies’ and ‘antecedents’. We are building on last year’s events at Exeter 2019 in which we explored ‘Possibilities, Openings, and Futures’. Our focus is now shifting towards a historicizing of practices that act as possible heuristics for the next stage in applied and social theatre, against current precarious contexts and a lack of fixity in the field and beyond. By revisiting pasts, this...
